OMAHA (DTN) — Farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in Mississippi and Alabama make up over half of the people receiving a share of more than $2 billion in payments over historic discrimination through USDA’s farm-loan programs.
USDA on Wednesday announced the department had provided $2 billion to 43,000 people nationally who faced discrimination over farm-loan programs before 2021.
While the payments are spread across all 50 states and territories, farmers and ranchers in Mississippi and Alabama make up more than 24,000 individuals who are receiving payments under the relief program, according to a USDA website tracking payments by state.
Read more of this story from DTN’s Chris Clayton here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2024/07/31/alabama-mississippi-farmers-receive